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Road Ways: Inside the major blocks, the streets [of Mohenjo-daro] are not well-aligned. There are many doglegs and some deadends. The walls along the streets and lanes may pinch in on the avenues that grow narrower and narrower, but curves are rare in the Mohenjo-Daro system of roads. While there is regularity in the layout of Mohenjo-Daro it is far from perfect. The regularity itself suggests that the founders of this city started with a clean plate, virgin soil, on which they began the construction of the metropolis.
Drainage System: The drainage system of the Harappan cities was the best known to the world in ancient times. The brickwork prevented the dirty water from leaking. Wooden screens stopped the solid wastes from being washed away with the water. Drains were built on either side of the roads.
Town Planning : Mohenjo-Daro has a planned layout with rectilinear buildings arranged on a grid plan. Most were built of fired and mortared brick; some incorporated sun-dried mud-brick and wooden superstructures. Sites were often raised or built on man-made hills. This could be to combat flooding in the nearby areas.
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▶️ Road ways
➡️ Roads were 9.65m wide. The small linked road crossed the major ones at right angle. Roads were wide enough for a number of vehicles to pass at a time. Pits on the roadside suggest that there might have been lamp post. Roads town were straight main roads without any turn. There were two main roads. One was going from north to south and other was going from east to west. Both crossed at right angles.
▶️ Drainage system
➡️ Drainage system is a unique feature of this town planning. Such drainage system was found nowhere accept the in island of Crete in the Mediterranean sea. This system was made to drain dirty water out from the town. Each and every house had a cesspit. This planned, systematic and efficient drainage system clearly proves that they were very careful about their health and hygiene.
▶️ Town Planning
➡️ Houses were built on high plinth to protect them from flood and dampness. The houses of rich people were a double storeyed having 5 to 7 rooms, while those of poor people were single storage having 2 to 3 rooms. The town was fortified. The main enternce of the houses opened on the side lanes and not on the main road. Remains of store houses, kitchen and bathroom were found in every house. There was a proper arrangement of doors and windows to keep the house airy and ventilated.
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